Review of Windy 28 Ghibli

Basic specs.

The Windy 28 Ghibli is a motorboat designed by the maritime architect Hans Jørgen Johnsen together with Geir Arnestad Design. The Windy 28 Ghibli is built by the Norwegian yard Windy Boats AS.

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Hull

Both the hull and the deck is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 2-3 berths and 80.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Engine

The Windy 28 Ghibli has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta diesel engines at 520 hp (387 kW). Max speed is 45.0 knots.

Alternative 2:

Windy 28 Ghibli may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta diesel engine at 260 hp (193 kW). The speed is 47.0 knots.

The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 370.0 liters (97 US gallons, 81 imperial gallons).

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

EU classification

Windy 28 Ghibli holds a CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class B. OFFSHORE:

Designed for offshore voyages where conditions up to, and including, wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights up to, and including, 4 m may be experienced.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Windy 28 Ghibli is about 152 kg/cm, alternatively 855 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 152 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 855 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Windy 28 Ghibli is 3.13.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is slimmer than 73% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.

Curiosities

Powerboat?

In Denmark, you are required to have achieved a 'powerboat driving license' in order to sail a powerboat.
In this context a boat is considered a powerboat if:

Danish definition of a powerboat

According to this definition this boat is categorized as a Powerboat.

Maintenance

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Finally

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.